@article{Salzano_2021, title={TECHNOLIBERAL PARTICIPATION: BLACK LIVES MATTER AND INSTAGRAM SLIDESHOWS}, volume={2021}, url={https://spir.aoir.org/ojs/index.php/spir/article/view/12034}, DOI={10.5210/spir.v2021i0.12034}, abstractNote={After the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, Black Lives Matter protests surged around the globe. Amid COVID-19, activism on social media flourished. On Instagram, use of the ten-image carousel as an informative slideshow akin to a PowerPoint presentation gained significant attention: The New York Times highlighted their “effort to democratize access to information." In this paper, I rhetorically analyze case studies to illustrate how Instagram slideshows facilitated deliberation about participation. I argue that these posts reveal a tension in platformed digital activism: as digital templates broaden access to participation, technoliberal ideology constrains activist judgment.}, journal={AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research}, author={Salzano, Matthew}, year={2021}, month={Sep.} }